Initially, the model considers a complete Agent-Agent interaction network.
We start with two identical models initialized with the exact same seed so that
All other parameters being exactly equal.
It’s hard to tell a difference, they both look almost the same. The one with the echo chamber effect exhibits a “lateral spreading”.
The idea was to use Wasserstein distances to measure how different the distributions are.
The main effect is still the attraction excerted by media outlets
The spreading may have to do with how the agents feel attraction to their influencer.
The spreading differences persist even if I move the media agencies closer to the center.